Knitted wool kilt hose garter ties - Mark II

[kiltedrennie]

A nice example of ties. Garter ties are easy to knit. I've made several pairs in different colors. Usually I augment to fringe a bit to make it fuller.

I thought they looked a bit sparse. I may add two more sets between the three.

[kiltedrennie]

I am making a pair with fishermans wool size 3 (us) needles and 8 stitches per row.

Sounds about right. My first pair were 8 sts/row with size 5 needles. Although they worked well, they were a bit bulky.

[cck]

I have also experimented with braiding and this way you can have multiple colors in the fringe.

[kiltedrennie]

I wore the Mark II garter ties today. Worked like a charm and looked better (less bulky) than the first pair. Now I need to find my yarn stash from the bonnets I've made so I can make matching ties!

[Theyoungkiltman]

I frogged the fishermans wool, as I bought some brown lion wool. I am using the same needles, but with 7 stitches instead of 8.

[kiltedrennie]

I frogged the fishermans wool, as I bought some brown lion wool. I am using the same needles, but with 7 stitches instead of 8.

Been there. I made a third set. Paul Henry gave me a bit of advice on ravelry.com. He slips the first stitch when starting a row. Gives it a cleaner edge - more like grosgrain ribbon and less like petersham.

The third set is Cascade 220 yarn, size 3 US needles, cast on seven stitches, knit seven, then slip one, knit 6 until desired length. Size 3 is as small as I'd go with worsted weight. I might try some fingering weight with smaller needles just to see what it's like.

[John Henderson]

The third set is Cascade 220 yarn, size 3 US needles, cast on seven stitches, knit seven, then slip one, knit 6 until desired length. Size 3 is as small as I'd go with worsted weight. I might try some fingering weight with smaller needles just to see what it's like.

Thanks for this! I needed an excuse to go buy some more needles. I have finally started the balmoral project, but a pair of these might make a nice break when the going gets slow on that, and should tide me over until I can build the inkle loom.

For those of us who are still fairly new to the textile arts, can you point us to information on how you are making the tassels?

[kiltedrennie]

Tassels are dead simple. Helps if you have a small-ish crochet hook. Here's a video explaining how.

[John Henderson]

Thanks! Easy enough. Staci's are usually the first videos I go to when I am looking to do something.
How many tassels did you put on your most recent (7 stitch) attempt?

[kiltedrennie]

Haven't done the tassels yet but I'll probably do four groups of six (three strands of yarn knotted producing six strands). They are about the width of the Mark II pair and, as someone noted, looked a bit sparse with three tassels. I'll post pics as soon as they are done.